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Scientists Propose a 'Fecal Revolution' Helped Drive the Cambrian Explosion

A 2026 literature review links a burst of fossilized feces to increased ocean nutrient transport that may have supported rapid early animal diversification.

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Tiny Spanish Dinosaur Foskeia Pelendonum Formally Described, Recasting Parts of the Ornithischian Family Tree

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115-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossil Reveals Early Emergence of Giant Oceanic Sharks

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Europe’s Longest Sauropod Trackway Unearthed at Oxfordshire Quarry

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First Fossilized ‘Butt-Drag’ Trace Identified, Likely Left by a Rock Hyrax 126,000 Years Ago

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11mo ago

Museum Fossil From Wales Named New Triassic Theropod, Newtonsaurus Cambrensis

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11mo ago

Nagaland Fossils Tie Antarctic Ice Growth to Early Indian Monsoon Intensification

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11mo ago

Oldest Ankylosaur Revealed With Meter-Long Neck Spikes and Early Tail Weapon

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New Moroccan Fossil Reveals Early Ankylosaur's Extreme Spikes and Tail Weapon

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Scientists Name Shark-Like Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

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Scientists Name New Long-Necked Plesiosaur From Germany’s Jurassic Fossil Beds

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Denver Museum Unveils 67.5-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Vertebra Found 763 Feet Underground

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Megalodon Was a Flexible Supercarnivore, New Study Shows

Fossils

Scientists Propose a 'Fecal Revolution' Helped Drive the Cambrian Explosion

550-Million-Year-Old Worm Shows Population Bias for Rightward Turns

New Cretaceous Bird Plumadraco Has Tail Feathers Twice Its Body Length

Scientists Name Giant Texas Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex

Study Links Tiny T. Rex Arms to Evolution of Massive Robust Skulls

Study Shows Smaller Tyrannosaur Scavenged a Larger One

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses May Have Ruled the Seas, Science Study Finds

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses Identified From 27 Fossil Beaks

Tiny Spanish Dinosaur Foskeia Pelendonum Formally Described, Recasting Parts of the Ornithischian Family Tree

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossil Reveals Early Emergence of Giant Oceanic Sharks

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Europe’s Longest Sauropod Trackway Unearthed at Oxfordshire Quarry

First Fossilized ‘Butt-Drag’ Trace Identified, Likely Left by a Rock Hyrax 126,000 Years Ago

Museum Fossil From Wales Named New Triassic Theropod, Newtonsaurus Cambrensis

Nagaland Fossils Tie Antarctic Ice Growth to Early Indian Monsoon Intensification

Oldest Ankylosaur Revealed With Meter-Long Neck Spikes and Early Tail Weapon

New Moroccan Fossil Reveals Early Ankylosaur's Extreme Spikes and Tail Weapon

Scientists Name Shark-Like Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

Scientists Name New Long-Necked Plesiosaur From Germany’s Jurassic Fossil Beds

Denver Museum Unveils 67.5-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Vertebra Found 763 Feet Underground

Megalodon Was a Flexible Supercarnivore, New Study Shows

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